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 Genesis, which is a Greek word translated from the Hebrew, the original Hebrew, which means

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 in the beginning. And so what Genesis does for us, it gives us the beginning of the doctrine of God

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 is what the beginning is. It's the beginning of the doctrine of God, of who God is, but also of

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 his creation. That is what we know about God, what we know about creation, about ourselves and about

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 salvation, it all begins right here in Genesis. What I'm saying is that if you read the Bible

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 correctly, it is not fundamentally about us. It's about God. And it's about who he is and what he

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 has done and continues to do. It's no accident that God is the very first sentence of the Bible.

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 And the name of God is referred to 35 times and dominates the first chapter. God is the subject

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 of the first chapter of the Bible. That's not often how we read it. The storyline of the Bible,

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 which is a single storyline, is a storyline that moves from creation to the fall, what God has done

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 to rescue it and renew his creation through grace, which takes us eventually to the end where he will

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 renew all things. It's a single storyline of the whole Bible. It's a storyline that has its foundation

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 in Genesis 1-11. And it's our focus, as Jess has said, in the lead up to Christmas.

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 Genesis 1-11 gives us the earliest of history of the world. It gives us this early history by relating to

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 us five stories. In Genesis 1-11, consists of five stories that all have the same structure.

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 The five stories are the fall into sin, the story of Cain, the sons of God marrying the daughters of men,

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 the flood and the tower of Babel. And the five stories have a fourfold pattern to them that's repeated.

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 Sin is described. God speaks, announcing the penalty for the sin. God then brings grace to the solution to

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 ease the misery that sin has caused. And then God punishes the sin. And the amazing thing, as you see in the first

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 11 chapters, is that as sin increases, so grace increases more and more.

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 And so therefore, Romans 5 comes to fruition in its very first chapters of the Bible. It's a foundation,

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 if you like, the pillars of the rest of the Bible, the message of the rest of the Bible.

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 And so today we're starting in the beginning of creation. And as we have just declared in the

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 Apostles' Creed, we believe in God Almighty, the creator of heaven and earth. So three things. If you've

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 got the St. Paul's outline there on the app, you'll see I've got three things there. Understanding creation,

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 practicing creation, and lastly, experiencing creation, or I've sort of thought this morning, might even call that

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 enjoying creation. But we'll get there. Okay. Understanding creation. Now, us modern people, especially those of us

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 with a Western heritage, when we read Genesis 1, we immediately think of the question, how?

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 How? That's the immediate thing. That's the very first question we impose upon this text. How? And Darwin's

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 theory of evolution springs to mind. We have questions about dinosaurs and the age of the planet and all

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 that sort of stuff. One of the crucial issues when we read the Bible, in fact, when we read any text,

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 is to ask the question, what is the author's intention in writing this?

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 And the key is to understand his intention in order to understand the meaning. And so as we open

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 Genesis, there is one thing we can be absolutely certain of. When Genesis was written, the author

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 wasn't thinking about Darwin's theory of evolution. At all. Not even remotely.

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 They weren't thinking about the cultural wars of the West. At all.

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 But since it's often on our minds, as Westerners, and particularly, and we want to impose something on the text,

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 I want to say something very briefly about it, and then I'm going to park it. I'm not going to mention it again.

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 Historically, there are at least six different views on what is meant by the six days of creation

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 in Genesis 1. Through the centuries, there have been Christians who have had a very high view of the Bible,

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 who have considered the reference to days in Genesis 1 as literally 24-hour periods as we know them today.

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 And there have been plenty of Christians also with an extremely high view of the Bible,

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 who have not seen it that way at all.

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 And to this day, friends on both sides still exist as friends.

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 The people who have not seen it that way have a variety of different...

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 They see the Bible as a variety of different types of texts.

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 They see that there's historical narrative, there's prophecies, there's poetry, there's songs.

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 Historical narrative makes itself clear with references to things like world events, people, times, eyewitness testimony.

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 Poetry, on the other hand, makes itself clear by things like repetitiveness and parallelism.

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 There are a few places, in fact, in the Bible where it's not entirely clear what it is that we're dealing with

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 when we read the text.

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 Genesis chapter 1 is one of those places.

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 Genesis chapter 2 is not one of those places.

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 Genesis 2 is historical narrative.

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 It reads like an account of what...

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 exactly what happened.

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 But Genesis 1 has quite a repetitive pattern.

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 Over and over again we read,

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 He said,

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 He said, and it was.

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 He saw, and it was good.

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 It was evening, and then it was morning.

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 Over and over again.

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 It has a repetitive pattern that is not the way that historic narrative is written.

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 I think Genesis 2 is a history of what God did,

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 but Genesis 1 is a song about God and what God has done.

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 Another example of...

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 is in Exodus 14 and 15.

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 Exodus 14 is a historical narrative about the crossing of the Red Sea,

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 and it's put alongside Miriam's song about the same event in Exodus 15,

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 which is clearly a song.

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 It is clearly poetry looking on the event of Exodus 14.

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 The key thing, though, is that wherever you land with this,

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 it's important to remember one key thing.

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 It is established fact that godly, Bible-loving people

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 who have given their lives to God's Word

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 have differed over the opening chapter of the Bible.

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 Faithful Bible scholars have landed differently on this issue,

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 and they got on.

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 It would seem over the last 20 years or so,

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 there's been much more of a war over these issues.

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 There are people who disdain those who hold to the literal reading of Genesis 1

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 as being primitive fundamentalists.

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 Likewise, there are those who regard as enemies of truth,

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 those who don't think these are literal 24-hour days,

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 as if Genesis 1 is the test for orthodoxy.

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 There is a harshness to the debate

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 that doesn't present gospel humility,

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 and it's not the kind of church that I want us to be at St. Paul's

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 as we discuss these matters amongst ourselves.

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 We have a great deal of humility towards one another.

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 If you want to know where I stand on the issue,

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 then I'm with the people who interpret Genesis 1 as a song.

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 Now, that does not mean that I give in to the theory of evolution,

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 because I don't.

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 It's a theory that has dominated the sciences

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 for just a little over 100 years.

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 That's all.

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 And it's a theory that is currently, to our day,

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 amongst physicists and philosophers,

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 as increasingly discredited

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 and losing its prominence due to flimsy evidence

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 and dubious hypothesis.

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 While Genesis 1 is poetry,

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 I'm certain that Genesis 2 and onwards is history.

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 But wherever you stand with this,

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 our goal should be to read this text

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 and notice what God is saying.

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 And what we know is that when God speaks,

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 the chaos becomes cosmos.

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 To come under God's word

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 is to move from disorder to order.

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 And our key job

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 is to do the hard work

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 of coming under what the Bible actually says.

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 And that's it.

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 I'm not going to talk about evolution there again.

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 Going to move on,

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 because I don't think it's the issue of Genesis 1.

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 So let's move on to my second point,

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 how it is that we practice the doctrine of creation.

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 And there are at least four things

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 about this that I think have very practical outcomes for us

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 as we look at the doctrine of creation.

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 First of all,

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 we see the goodness of creation.

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 Notice the repetition of God

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 and he saw and it was good.

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 God made it,

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 he said it,

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 came into existence

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 and it was good.

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 Eastern religions say

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 that the physical world is an illusion

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 and at one day it's all going to fade away.

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 Western religions,

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 coming off the back of the Greeks and the Romans,

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 say that fundamentally the world is bad.

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 The body and material world are bad,

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 but the spirit is good.

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 And only biblical,

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 only Christian faith,

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 Christian faith of the Bible,

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 has a high view.

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 In fact, the highest view

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 of the physical creation.

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 The storyline of the Bible,

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 the plan of God revealed in time and space,

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 is a movement entirely from creation to new creation.

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 It begins with,

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 the Bible begins with creation

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 and it ends with a new creation.

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 The plan of God is to resurrect bodies

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 into a new heaven and a new earth,

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 a new perfect physical reality.

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 Only the Christian faith speaks of that kind of reality.

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 Only the Bible has a vision of spirit and matter

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 existing in integrity forever.

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 And that has many practical implications for the Christian.

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 The Bible is filled with prophecy

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 that say the natural world that we live in

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 is but a shadow of what it is going to be like

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 when the Lord comes back.

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 That is great news.

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 We're not going to be going to clouds

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 and floating around as spirits.

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 We will be as alive,

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 in fact, even more alive than what we are today.

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 Isaiah refers to the coming of the Lord

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 of all creation as a great party.

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 Jesus reveals that he is, in fact,

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 the Lord of creation

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 and enjoys a party at his very first miracle.

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 where he turns the water into wine.

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 He's there at a wedding celebration.

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 The wine's drying up.

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 It's about to dip.

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 Everything's about to go bad for the wedding.

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 Jesus comes along and kicks it up a notch.

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 He's the Lord of creation.

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 He's the Lord of the party.

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 Jesus produces so much wine

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 it would have been impossible for them to consume it all.

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 Such is his abundance.

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 Jesus is not who religion has made him out to be.

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 God's work in Jesus to recreate his broken world

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 is centered on joy, celebration, and festivities.

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 The goodness of creation

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 is a profound Christian motive for playfulness.

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 Profound Christian motive for playfulness.

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 A great kiss.

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 A fantastic sunset.

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 A satisfying meal

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 is but a dim picture

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 of what we're going to eternally have

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 in the new heavens and the new earth.

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 And we have a fantastic foretaste of it now.

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 We can receive life gladly

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 and cherish it now.

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 The second thing we learn

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 quite practical implications for us

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 and I think it points to a balance.

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 And that is the finiteness of creation.

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 Again, something unique

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 about the Bible's creation account

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 and that is that there's only one source

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 of the creation.

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 All other ancient accounts of creation

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 have multiple deities

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 where the world is created

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 because they've been killing each other.

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 It's some kind of battle.

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 And the humanity was created,

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 the world was created

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 to serve the deities

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 who were trying to kill each other.

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 Here is an ancient account of creation

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 where all of the elements are created.

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 No element of creation

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 is divine in and of itself.

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 God alone is divine.

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 None of the creation is divine.

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 God alone is infinite

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 and to be worshipped.

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 Virtually all of the ancient religion

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 worshipped parts of the creation

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 because they saw them

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 as sources of divine power

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 linked to different deities.

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 So in the ancient world,

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 there were some who were

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 anti the created order.

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 It was all about appeasing the angry gods.

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 That's why creation existed.

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 They were therefore against pleasure.

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 They were against enjoyment.

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 They were against playfulness.

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 On the other hand,

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 in the ancient world,

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 there was the materialists,

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 which like modern secularists,

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 who said that it's all that we've got

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 and so we better make sure

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 that we worship it,

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 you know,

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 and worship physical pleasure

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 and wealth and power.

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 The modern secularist says

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 that this is all that we have,

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 this created order,

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 so consume as much of the material world

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 in possession and experiences

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 as you possibly can

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 before you die.

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 The Christian worldview

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 doesn't say that the material world is bad,

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 nor does it say it's all you've got.

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 You can do without it

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 because God is the most important thing.

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 When the Christian grasps the goodness

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 alongside the finiteness of creation,

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 then you are able to truly enjoy it

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 but also walk away from it.

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 That's why our holidays

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 are so quickly forgotten

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 because they're not the ultimate.

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 They're not meant to give you

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 the rest that only God can give you.

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 They're good

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 but they're not ultimate.

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 So the Christian is neither an ascetic

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 nor a hedonist.

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 The third thing we learn

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 is the unity of creation.

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 This is an interesting point.

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 Well, interesting to me anyway.

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 Way back in Greek philosophy,

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 there was this tendency

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 to a dualistic view of creation.

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 I've already mentioned it

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 where there's good gods and bad gods.

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 The material world was bad.

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 The spiritual world was good.

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 We see this thinking in fact.

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 Some of this thinking

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 is behind the New Testament book

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 of 1 Corinthians.

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 Some Greek religions believed

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 that there were two gods,

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 one good and one bad.

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 The interesting thing is

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 that this dualistic view of the world

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 has for some reason

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 always hung around the Christian church.

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 There's elements there

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 that have always hung around

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 the Christian church

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 despite the fact

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 that it's actually not in the Bible.

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 So many Christians

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 these days

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 are dualistic

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 in their thinking

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 and therefore

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 they are consistently fearful.

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 Fearful of world events.

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 Fearful that Satan

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 may get the upper hand on me.

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 Fearful of the spiritual realm.

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 They consistently pit

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 the spirit

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 against the material world

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 and therefore

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 live in fear.

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 And therefore

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 they view the world

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 in both

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 you're a good person

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 if you have the Holy Spirit

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 and you're a carnal person

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 if you

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 don't have the Holy Spirit.

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 Have the Holy Spirit

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 I'm good

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 if you don't

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 then everyone else

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 is wicked and terrible.

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 God creates both the body

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 and the spirit.

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 Everything

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 is his

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 or wisdom is his

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 or truth is his.

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 And so

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 a great deal of humility

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 those of you

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 who are in Christ

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 because you can learn

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 an awful lot

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 from those who are not.

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 The last thing we learn here

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 is the importance of creation.

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 God so loves the cosmos

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 that is why

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 John chapter 3

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 verse 16

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 says that

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 he sent his son

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 Jesus Christ

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 to save it.

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 God so loves

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 the cosmos.

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 He is so committed

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 to his creation

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 that he was willing

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 for the eternal son

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 to take on human flesh

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 and to dwell here

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 amongst us.

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 He is so committed

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 to the cosmos

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 that he will someday

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 resurrect us

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 and create a new heaven

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 and a new earth.

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 It means that

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 when the Christian

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 sees everything

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 that has gone wrong

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 in our world

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 God's perfect creation

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 we ought to be committed

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 to renewing it

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 in the same way

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 that he is committed

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 to renewing it.

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 When we see

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 the goodness of creation

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 we have a great deal

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 of motivation

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 to enjoy it.

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 When we see

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 the finiteness of creation

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 we can handle

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 not having a lot of it.

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 When we see

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 the unity of creation

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 we can humbly learn

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 from everyone

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 and everything in it.

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 And because

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 of the importance

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 of creation

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 we join in

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 with God's

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 renovation project

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 through the proclamation

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 of the gospel

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 and works of mercy

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 and justice

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 in our world.

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 So lastly

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 how therefore

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 do we

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 experience creation

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 or

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 potentially

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 enjoying creation?

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 creation.

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 This is the last

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 final point.

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 I think it would be

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 a mistake for me

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 just to end it there

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 where it was

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 encourage you to go out

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 and build a life

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 around the biblical

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 doctrine of creation.

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 The last point

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 is how do we

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 actually truly

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 experience

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 God

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 not just as

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 our redeemer

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 but as our creator.

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 Job chapter 38

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 God

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 asked Job

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 were you there

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 when I laid

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 the earth's

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 foundation

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 while the

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 morning stars

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 sang together

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 and all

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 the angels

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 shouted joy.

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 Psalm 19

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 says

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 the created

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 order

00:22:09.800 --> 00:22:11.040
 declares

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 the glory

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 of God.

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 The reason

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 why

00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:17.040
 nature

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 and the natural

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 world

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 is so

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 moving

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 for us

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 is because

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 it is doing

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 what Job 38

00:22:24.600 --> 00:22:25.180
 says

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 is doing

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 what Psalm 19

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:27.259
 says

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 it is speaking

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 to us.

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 That's

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.799
 its job

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 it is speaking

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 to us

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 it is proclaiming

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 something

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 it is

00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:38.480
 what it's doing

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.960
 according to Psalm 38

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 it is

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:43.200
 praising God

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 and speaking

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 to us

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 consistently

00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:48.500
 about the

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.400
 magnificence

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:50.100
 of God.

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 God

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 but Romans

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 chapter 1

00:22:55.199 --> 00:22:55.859
 tells us

00:22:55.859 --> 00:22:56.319
 that even

00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:57.039
 though creation

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:58.399
 reveals God

00:22:58.399 --> 00:22:59.319
 a God of

00:22:59.319 --> 00:23:00.179
 eternal power

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 and divine

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.319
 nature

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:03.619
 humanity

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.259
 in our

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:04.799
 rebellion

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.579
 against God

00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:06.399
 has suppressed

00:23:06.399 --> 00:23:07.139
 that truth.

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 It's like

00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:10.259
 we're putting

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:11.199
 earbuds in

00:23:11.199 --> 00:23:11.519
 as the

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:11.939
 creation

00:23:11.939 --> 00:23:12.740
 sings to

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 us.

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:17.660
 every human

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:18.100
 being

00:23:18.100 --> 00:23:19.259
 knows God

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:20.519
 but no

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:21.259
 human being

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:22.259
 glorifies God

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.600
 or gives

00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:23.100
 thanks to

00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:23.279
 him

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:23.680
 is what

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.259
 Romans 1

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:24.860
 tells us.

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 We don't

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.019
 acknowledge

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.900
 our dependence

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.980
 upon God

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:30.660
 our creator

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.980
 and we claim

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.680
 independence

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.100
 of him

00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:33.620
 instead.

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 But here's

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:36.920
 the thing

00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:38.800
 again

00:23:38.800 --> 00:23:39.480
 from Romans

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:39.940
 1

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:43.519
 because

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:44.279
 we are

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:44.900
 primarily

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.700
 made

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.420
 by God

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:47.080
 to worship

00:23:47.080 --> 00:23:47.759
 God

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.860
 when we

00:23:48.860 --> 00:23:49.960
 reject God

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.920
 we don't

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:51.559
 just simply

00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:52.600
 stop worshipping

00:23:52.600 --> 00:23:53.840
 we don't

00:23:53.840 --> 00:23:54.400
 just simply

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:55.279
 stop believing

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:56.160
 as an atheist

00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:56.680
 will want you

00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:57.220
 to believe

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:59.580
 we don't

00:23:59.580 --> 00:24:00.460
 stop that

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.420
 we just

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:02.120
 shift our

00:24:02.120 --> 00:24:02.799
 allegiance

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.519
 to something

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.000
 else

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:05.559
 and worship

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:06.460
 it instead

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:08.559
 another object

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:10.599
 our purpose

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:11.819
 is worship

00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:12.480
 and so

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.000
 there must

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.899
 be something

00:24:13.899 --> 00:24:15.259
 that captures

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:16.200
 our attention

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:17.460
 and becomes

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.240
 our hope

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:19.099
 and our security

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:19.819
 and our identity

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.519
 and our meaning

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:22.899
 we give

00:24:22.899 --> 00:24:24.119
 ultimate affection

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:25.460
 to a created

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:25.919
 thing

00:24:25.919 --> 00:24:27.179
 a good thing

00:24:27.179 --> 00:24:28.259
 made by God

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:29.339
 rather than

00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:29.839
 the God

00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:30.379
 who alone

00:24:30.379 --> 00:24:31.099
 is worthy

00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:31.700
 of our

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.259
 ultimate

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.059
 affection

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:35.619
 so rather

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:36.399
 than worshipping

00:24:36.399 --> 00:24:37.139
 the immortal

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:38.980
 we worship

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.759
 what he has

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.280
 made

00:24:40.280 --> 00:24:41.720
 and what

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.180
 the Bible

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:43.000
 tells us

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:44.340
 is that

00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:44.860
 everything

00:24:44.860 --> 00:24:45.840
 that's wrong

00:24:45.840 --> 00:24:46.259
 in the

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.580
 created world

00:24:47.580 --> 00:24:49.500
 is linked

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.160
 to that

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.580
 issue

00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:51.060
 alone

00:24:51.060 --> 00:24:52.740
 that issue

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:54.980
 and the

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.220
 Bible

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.740
 tells us

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.120
 that God

00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:56.480
 will hold

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:57.000
 us accountable

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.780
 for it

00:24:57.780 --> 00:25:00.480
 but the

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.160
 Bible also

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.720
 tells us

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.060
 that God

00:25:02.060 --> 00:25:02.340
 has done

00:25:02.340 --> 00:25:02.780
 something

00:25:02.780 --> 00:25:03.440
 about our

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:03.740
 biggest

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.300
 issue

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:06.460
 I'm not

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:06.700
 sure if

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:06.899
 you ever

00:25:06.899 --> 00:25:07.279
 noticed

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:07.659
 this

00:25:07.659 --> 00:25:09.000
 for those

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.259
 who have

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.519
 read

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.419
 in the

00:25:10.419 --> 00:25:11.019
 New Testament

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.700
 and John's

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:11.960
 Gospel

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.359
 which we

00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:13.000
 finished last

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.379
 week

00:25:13.379 --> 00:25:14.779
 but John's

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.079
 Gospel

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.740
 begins

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.419
 in the

00:25:16.419 --> 00:25:17.039
 same way

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.680
 that Genesis

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.440
 begins

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:21.559
 in the

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:21.919
 beginning

00:25:21.919 --> 00:25:24.220
 was the

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.680
 word

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:26.619
 in the

00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:26.899
 beginning

00:25:26.899 --> 00:25:27.319
 was the

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:27.639
 word

00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:28.639
 the Greek

00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:29.079
 word that

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:29.919
 John uses

00:25:29.919 --> 00:25:30.419
 there

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 for word

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 is the

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 word

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 logos

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 and the

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 Greek

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 philosophers

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 the word

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 logos

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 had very

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 important

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 word

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 in Greek

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 philosophy

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 at the

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 time the

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 first century

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 and John

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 was writing

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 this in

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 Greek

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 culture

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 the Greek

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 philosophers

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 looked at

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 nature

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 they looked

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 at the

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 created

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 order

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 they saw

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 balance

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 they saw

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 harmony

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 they saw

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 design

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 in the

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 world

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 and they

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 concluded

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 that there

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 was a

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 cosmic

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 principle

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 of order

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 behind

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 the

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 created

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 world

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 and they

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 called

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 that

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 principle

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 of order

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 the

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 logos

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 of the

00:26:10.600 --> 00:26:10.940
 world

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 the logic

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 of the

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 world

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 the logos

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 is the

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 purpose

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 the reason

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 the logic

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 behind all

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 things

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 it's the

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 thing that

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 makes sense

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 of all

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 things

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 and so

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 as John

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 begins his

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 gospel

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 he comes

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 in with an

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 earth

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 shattering

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 category

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 the

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 logos

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 is not

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 a

00:26:32.340 --> 00:26:32.880
 principle

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 it's a

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 person

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 the

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 person

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 is the

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 designer

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 the

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 source

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 of all

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 life

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 the

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 one

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 who

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 we

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 are

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 to

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 align

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 our

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 lives

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 with

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 in

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 order

00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:46.300
 for

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 life

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 to

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 be

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 lived

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 well

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 by

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 us

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 and

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 we

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 are

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 told

00:26:50.100 --> 00:26:50.560
 five

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 things

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 in

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 John

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 chapter

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.300
 one

00:26:52.300 --> 00:26:52.940
 about

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.140
 the

00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:53.380
 logos

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:55.140
 the

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:55.640
 principle

00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:55.860
 the

00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:56.220
 person

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.759
 behind

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.660
 the

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 universe

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:59.860
 firstly

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:01.299
 the

00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:01.519
 logos

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.059
 is a

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.440
 person

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:03.059
 secondly

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.740
 the

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.059
 logos

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.920
 is a

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.400
 divine

00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:06.000
 person

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:07.039
 thirdly

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.720
 the

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.080
 logos

00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:08.759
 is an

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.380
 eternal

00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:09.920
 divine

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.500
 person

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.500
 fifthly

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:11.980
 the

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.360
 logos

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:12.720
 is an

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.039
 eternal

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.420
 divine

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:13.960
 person

00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:14.600
 who is

00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:15.100
 the source

00:27:15.100 --> 00:27:15.420
 of all

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:15.819
 life

00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:16.240
 and

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:17.100
 did I say

00:27:17.100 --> 00:27:17.380
 fifthly

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:18.180
 fifthly

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:20.559
 the

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:20.860
 logos

00:27:20.860 --> 00:27:21.600
 is Jesus

00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:22.160
 Christ

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:23.420
 now

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:23.799
 walking

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.200
 amongst

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.660
 us

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:27.720
 at

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:27.960
 his

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.600
 baptism

00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:29.800
 you

00:27:29.800 --> 00:27:30.100
 notice

00:27:30.100 --> 00:27:30.279
 this

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:30.460
 in

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:30.740
 Genesis

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.180
 one

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:31.920
 God

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:32.440
 saw

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:32.740
 and

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:32.860
 it

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.019
 was

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.380
 good

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:33.900
 and

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.160
 then

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:34.820
 down

00:27:34.820 --> 00:27:35.180
 in

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.900
 when

00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:36.040
 he

00:27:36.040 --> 00:27:36.420
 creates

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.080
 humanity

00:27:37.080 --> 00:27:37.960
 made

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.300
 Adam

00:27:38.300 --> 00:27:39.320
 God

00:27:39.320 --> 00:27:39.660
 saw

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:39.820
 and

00:27:39.820 --> 00:27:39.920
 it

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.259
 was

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.560
 very

00:27:40.560 --> 00:27:40.900
 good

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:42.540
 very

00:27:42.540 --> 00:27:42.900
 good

00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:45.120
 and

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:45.240
 then

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.400
 the

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:45.660
 John

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:45.980
 says

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.120
 the

00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:46.340
 logos

00:27:46.340 --> 00:27:46.640
 is

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:46.920
 here

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.240
 at

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:47.480
 his

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.140
 baptism

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:48.640
 the

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:48.880
 Holy

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:49.420
 Spirit

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:50.200
 descends

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:51.759
 and

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:51.940
 we

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.400
 read

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:52.580
 that

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:52.700
 he

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:52.960
 heard

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.140
 a

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:53.580
 voice

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:54.819
 the

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.159
 voice

00:27:55.159 --> 00:27:55.399
 was

00:27:55.399 --> 00:27:55.679
 God

00:27:55.679 --> 00:27:55.859
 the

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:56.220
 father

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.839
 saying

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.359
 this

00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:57.679
 is

00:27:57.679 --> 00:27:58.019
 my

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.619
 child

00:27:58.619 --> 00:27:58.859
 this

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:58.980
 is

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.199
 my

00:27:59.199 --> 00:27:59.619
 son

00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:00.599
 with

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:00.939
 whom

00:28:00.939 --> 00:28:01.240
 I

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.419
 am

00:28:01.419 --> 00:28:01.740
 well

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.359
 pleased

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:03.960
 do

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.059
 you

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.279
 know

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.539
 that

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:04.720
 is

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:04.939
 the

00:28:04.939 --> 00:28:05.539
 first

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.379
 time

00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:07.679
 since

00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:07.980
 the

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.460
 garden

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:08.759
 of

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.259
 Eden

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:10.659
 that

00:28:10.659 --> 00:28:11.199
 any

00:28:11.199 --> 00:28:11.599
 human

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.220
 being

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.740
 has

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.139
 ever

00:28:13.139 --> 00:28:13.659
 received

00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:13.859
 the

00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:14.159
 blessing

00:28:14.159 --> 00:28:14.399
 of

00:28:14.399 --> 00:28:14.759
 God

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:16.859
 it's

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.019
 the

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.279
 only

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.519
 other

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:17.839
 time

00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:18.039
 it's

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.359
 happened

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:20.899
 where

00:28:20.899 --> 00:28:21.199
 God

00:28:21.199 --> 00:28:21.519
 looked

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:21.720
 and

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.000
 said

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:23.900
 I'm

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.140
 really

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:24.440
 happy

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:24.660
 with

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:24.819
 this

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:25.099
 one

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:26.680
 this

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:26.880
 is

00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:27.240
 good

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.519
 this

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:28.680
 is

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:28.940
 my

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.299
 son

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:30.339
 it's

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:30.460
 the

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:30.680
 only

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.079
 time

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.599
 you're

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:31.799
 reading

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.019
 the

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.339
 Bible

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:33.720
 since

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:33.880
 the

00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:34.119
 garden

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:34.259
 of

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.519
 Eden

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:39.339
 Jesus

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.980
 Christ

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.400
 God

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:40.599
 the

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:40.980
 son

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.759
 had

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:41.920
 the

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.359
 delight

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:42.660
 and

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:42.799
 the

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:42.980
 love

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.160
 of

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:43.519
 God

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.680
 let

00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:44.799
 me

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.079
 fast

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.359
 forward

00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:45.539
 to

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:45.920
 Easter

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:47.460
 but

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:47.599
 on

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:47.759
 the

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.039
 cross

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.200
 he

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.500
 cries

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:48.700
 out

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:48.880
 my

00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.160
 God

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:49.359
 my

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:49.640
 God

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:49.839
 why

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:49.960
 have

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.079
 you

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:50.519
 forsaken

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:50.900
 me

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:54.259
 on

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.400
 the

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:54.660
 cross

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.019
 Jesus

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.600
 Christ

00:28:55.600 --> 00:28:55.880
 was

00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:56.180
 getting

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.460
 the

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:56.960
 curse

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:58.259
 the

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:58.580
 word

00:28:58.580 --> 00:28:58.740
 of

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.600
 condemnation

00:28:59.600 --> 00:28:59.860
 that

00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:00.080
 we

00:29:00.080 --> 00:29:00.580
 deserve

00:29:00.580 --> 00:29:00.900
 for

00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:01.160
 us

00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:01.700
 worshipping

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:01.920
 the

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.300
 created

00:29:02.300 --> 00:29:02.800
 order

00:29:02.800 --> 00:29:04.460
 turning

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:04.720
 our

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.080
 backs

00:29:05.080 --> 00:29:05.280
 on

00:29:05.280 --> 00:29:05.460
 our

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:05.820
 created

00:29:05.820 --> 00:29:06.320
 God

00:29:06.320 --> 00:29:08.880
 Jesus

00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:09.200
 took

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.420
 the

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:09.860
 curse

00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:10.200
 so

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:10.340
 that

00:29:10.340 --> 00:29:10.519
 we

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:10.660
 could

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:10.820
 get

00:29:10.820 --> 00:29:10.960
 the

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.300
 blessing

00:29:11.300 --> 00:29:12.300
 he

00:29:12.300 --> 00:29:12.740
 became

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.320
 bad

00:29:13.320 --> 00:29:13.920
 so

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:14.100
 that

00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:14.240
 we

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.460
 might

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:14.840
 become

00:29:14.840 --> 00:29:15.320
 very

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 very

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 good

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 and

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 receive

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 the

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 benediction

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 of

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 God

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 the

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 blessing

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 of

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 God

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 Colossians

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 1

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 21

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 once

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 you

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 were

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 alienated

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 from

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 God

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 and

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 were

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 enemies

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 in

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 your

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 minds

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 because

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 of

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 your

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 evil

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 behavior

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 but

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 now

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 he

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 has

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 reconciled

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 you

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 by

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 Christ

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 physical

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 body

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 through

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 death

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 to

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 present

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 you

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 holy

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 in

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 his

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 sight

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 without

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 blemish

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 and

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 free

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 from

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 accusation

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 you

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 see

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 if we

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 believe

00:29:43.659 --> 00:29:43.839
 the

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.059
 good

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.359
 news

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:44.559
 of

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 Jesus

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:45.539
 Christ

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.019
 God

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 the

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 Lord

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 God

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 coming

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 into

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 the

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 world

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 to

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 rescue

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 us

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 from

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 our

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 rejection

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 of

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 not

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 just

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 our

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 redeemer

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 but

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 of

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 our

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:55.100
 creator

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 if we

00:29:57.320 --> 00:29:57.779
 believe

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.200
 the good

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:58.519
 news

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.740
 of the

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.060
 Christian

00:29:59.060 --> 00:29:59.519
 gospel

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.900
 then it

00:30:00.900 --> 00:30:01.480
 becomes

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 God's

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 recreative

00:30:03.320 --> 00:30:03.759
 word

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 to us

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 where he

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 declares us

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 as very

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 good

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 much

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 loved

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 the word

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 of the

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 gospel

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:14.000
 is what

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.980
 we

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 receive

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.640
 from

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.039
 God

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:21.079
 because

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 of what

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 Jesus

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.139
 has done

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 for us

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:24.420
 in

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 Jesus

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 and

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 only

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.399
 Jesus

00:30:26.399 --> 00:30:26.799
 do we

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.139
 get the

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 blessing

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.059
 of God

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 we

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.519
 finally

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.119
 hear the

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:31.859
 affirmation

00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:32.240
 of our

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.720
 creator

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 you

00:30:33.159 --> 00:30:33.519
 are

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:34.019
 very

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.599
 good

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:37.420
 you

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:37.859
 are my

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.299
 much

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.599
 loved

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:39.079
 daughter

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:40.819
 you

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.200
 are my

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 much

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:41.859
 loved

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:42.399
 son

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 with

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 you

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 I

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 am

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 well

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.539
 pleased

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.339
 forever

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:52.259
 you

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.379
 know

00:30:52.379 --> 00:30:52.500
 what

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:52.619
 the

00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:52.879
 doctrine

00:30:52.879 --> 00:30:53.039
 of

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.399
 creation

00:30:53.399 --> 00:30:53.879
 means

00:30:53.879 --> 00:30:54.079
 the

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:54.379
 doctrine

00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:54.519
 of

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:54.619
 not

00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:54.799
 just

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.319
 creation

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:55.659
 but

00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:56.159
 redemption

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:58.740
 in

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.220
 Christ

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.579
 it

00:30:59.579 --> 00:30:59.899
 means

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 that

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.420
 none

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:00.579
 of

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 us

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:02.920
 because

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.119
 of

00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:03.220
 the

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.839
 affirmation

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.000
 we

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.359
 receive

00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:04.500
 in

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.220
 Jesus

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.740
 none

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:05.859
 of

00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:06.000
 us

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.240
 needs

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.460
 to

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:07.159
 squeeze

00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:07.539
 that

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.099
 affirmation

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 out

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:08.399
 of

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 our

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 partners

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 or

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 out

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:13.700
 of

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 our

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 children

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 or

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 out

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:15.519
 of

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:15.659
 our

00:31:15.659 --> 00:31:16.460
 vocation

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:17.539
 or

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 out

00:31:17.860 --> 00:31:18.000
 of

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.200
 our

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.640
 travel

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 blogs

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:21.620
 or

00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:21.819
 our

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.340
 assets

00:31:22.340 --> 00:31:22.539
 or

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:22.720
 our

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.400
 education

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:23.640
 or

00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:23.840
 our

00:31:23.840 --> 00:31:24.319
 culture

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:25.940
 it

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.100
 is

00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:26.240
 the

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.900
 affirmation

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:27.140
 that

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.640
 only

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:27.940
 our

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.340
 creator

00:31:28.340 --> 00:31:28.539
 can

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:28.759
 give

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.200
 us

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:30.319
 and

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.500
 it's

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:30.660
 the

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:31.360
 affirmation

00:31:31.360 --> 00:31:31.680
 that

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:31.940
 we

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.680
 all

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.480
 need

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:36.740
 the

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.660
 recreative

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.079
 word of

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.579
 the gospel

00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:39.140
 goes

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:39.700
 deep

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:39.980
 into

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.220
 our

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.680
 hearts

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:40.819
 and

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.000
 it

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.460
 heals

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:41.900
 us

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.579
 from

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:42.920
 our

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:44.740
 innermost

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.440
 deepest

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.039
 hurts

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:47.659
 and

00:31:47.659 --> 00:31:47.839
 it

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.279
 drives

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.460
 us

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:48.799
 out

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.039
 from

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.440
 there

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:49.819
 to

00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:50.000
 be

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.420
 people

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:50.960
 healing

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.440
 God's

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:51.920
 world

00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:55.059
 in the

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.319
 beginning

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:55.639
 was

00:31:55.639 --> 00:31:56.159
 God

00:31:56.159 --> 00:31:57.619
 in the

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:57.920
 end

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.279
 will be

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:58.740
 God

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.539
 he

00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.139
 created

00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:00.480
 the

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:01.099
 universe

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.960
 and

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.119
 he

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:02.299
 can

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.639
 make

00:32:02.639 --> 00:32:03.159
 you

00:32:03.159 --> 00:32:03.839
 new

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.659
 now

00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:06.420
 have

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:06.440
 have

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:06.560
 you

00:32:06.560 --> 00:32:06.980
 accepted

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.420
 Jesus

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:07.820
 Christ

00:32:07.820 --> 00:32:08.060
 into

00:32:08.060 --> 00:32:08.240
 your

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.700
 life

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.820
 not

00:32:09.820 --> 00:32:10.100
 just

00:32:10.100 --> 00:32:10.420
 as

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:10.640
 your

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.240
 redeemer

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:12.240
 but

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.680
 also

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.200
 as

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.400
 your

00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:13.940
 creator

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.740
 it

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:14.840
 will

00:32:14.840 --> 00:32:15.040
 have

00:32:15.040 --> 00:32:15.620
 profound

00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:16.340
 impact

00:32:16.340 --> 00:32:17.000
 on

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.200
 how

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.400
 you

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:17.700
 live

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:18.100
 tomorrow

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:20.099
 season

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:22.099
 of

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:23.019
park

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.439
 the

00:32:23.439 --> 00:32:23.939
 underneath

00:32:23.939 --> 00:32:23.980
 Idaho

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.199
 is

00:32:24.679 --> 00:32:25.480
 you

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:25.899
 can

00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:26.939
 you

00:32:26.939 --> 00:32:31.799
 imagine